Lukas Foss was born on August 15, 1922 in Berlin, Germany as Lukas Fuchs. He was a writer, known for Chichester Psalms/Symphony #1 'Jeremiah'/Symphony #2 'The Age of Anxiety' (1977), Leonard Bernstein: Reflections (1978) and H-E Double Hockey Sticks (1999). He was married to Cornelia Brendel Foss.